Food for the People
Wednesday 5 March 2025, 7.30 pm
Bertrand Russell Room, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
Britain’s farmers have drawn attention to the threat to our food security posed by capitalism. Our land is taken over by speculators and taken out of production. What we eat and how it is produced affects us all.
Come and discuss. All welcome. Free entry.
London Workers Readers’ Meeting
Join us and fellow Workers readers for an informal discussion in a Central London pub. There's no set topic for discussion – just bring your questions and ideas.
Email info@cpbml.org.uk for details.
Immigration, class and nation
Saturday 30 November, 2pm
Britons Protection, 50 Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester M1 5LE
For decades British governments have encouraged massively increased immigration, and have ignored what workers think about that.
Not only is this an economic attack, but it is fostering divisions between workers at a time when they need unity.
Come and discuss. All welcome. Free entry.
The growing threat of war: what can workers do?
Wednesday 16 October 2024, 7.30 pm
Bertrand Russell Room, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
Our rulers have always followed the USA’s drive to war. But now it is Starmer leading calls for escalation of the war in Europe.
War isn’t in the interest of British workers, nor is membership of NATO. How can workers bring this message home to the new government?
Come and discuss. All welcome. Free entry.
Why are our public services getting worse?
Wednesday 10 July 2024, 7.30 pm
Bertrand Russell Room, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
Capitalism can’t sustain the health service, education, housing, utilities, policing, and more that a 21st century civilisation needs. How can we ensure our services serve the people?
Come and discuss. All welcome. Free entry.
Who should govern Britain? And how?
Wednesday 6 March 2024, 7.30 pm
Bertrand Russell Room, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
There is a contest underway for the soul of Britain. The ruling class manage stagnation and decay; the working class are challenging for a society that meets their needs.
Come and discuss. All welcome. Free entry.
Mass immigration – war on the working class
Tuesday 30 January 2024, 7.30 pm
Bertrand Russell Room, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
Net migration reaches record levels, rising from 107,000 in 1997 to a record 745,000 at the end of 2022. The government blusters, but is determined to increase it yet further. How should we respond?
Come and discuss. All welcome.
Nuclear Energy – Essential for Britain’s Energy Security
Wednesday 15 November 2023, 7.30pm
Bertrand Russell Room, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
For too long British government energy policy has been dominated by superstitious and dogmatic opposition to developing our nuclear energy potential. How can we overcome this?
Come and join the discussion. All welcome. Free Entry.
Nuclear Energy – Essential for Britain’s Energy Security
Wednesday 29 November 2023, 7.00pm
Upstairs, The Piccadilly Tap, Gateway House, Station Approach, Manchester M1 2GH
For too long British government energy policy has been dominated by superstitious and dogmatic opposition to developing our nuclear energy potential. How can we overcome this?
Come and join the discussion. All welcome. Free Entry.
Our health service, our responsibility
Tuesday 26 September 2023, 7.30pm
Bertrand Russell Room, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
NHS workers from all professions have shown discipline, tactical ingenuity and unity in their fight for pay and for the future of the service. The whole class, too, must play its part.
Come and join the discussion.
All welcome. Free Entry.
Who should run London?
Thursday 22 June 2023, 7.30pm
Bertrand Russell Room, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
London was once the “flower of cities all” and a centre of working-class organisation. Now that control has been usurped. How shall we take it back?
All welcome. Free Entry.
Transport in the North - what's to be done?
Monday 27 March, 7.30pm
Britons Protection, 50 Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester M1 5LE
Promises of improvement to rail, bus and other transport in northern England have been legion. The reality is decline. Only workers can change that. Come and share your thoughts.
All welcome. Free entry.
How in practice can the working class assert control?
Tuesday 21 February 2023, 7.30pm
Bertrand Russell Room, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
The ruling class is clearly incapable of governing Britain. Where does that leave the working class? Come and discuss.
All welcome. Free Entry.
The Betrayal of Britain’s Hi-Tech
Thursay 13 October, 7.30pm
Britons Protection, 50 Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester M1 5LE
One by one, the jewels in Britain’s hi-tech crown are being snapped up by foreign companies – threatening jobs, skills and the nation’s potential for real independence.
Come and join the discussion. All welcome. Free entry
London: A Changing City
Wednesday 12 October, 7.30pm
Bertrand Russell Room, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
Large parts of the capital have been transformed in recent years, with changes too in political thinking. Is London still progressive?
All welcome. Free Entry.
Tech sovereignty and the working class
Bertrand Russell Room, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
Without control over a range of essential technologies, Britain as a nation and also our industrial working class will be at the mercy of international monopoly capitalism.
All welcome. Free Entry.
What is the working class?
This meeeting is in-person! Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL.
Tuesday 22 March. 7.30pm.
The working class is changing. But does that mean the fundamentals of class have changed?
Come and discuss. All welcome. Free entry.
Brexit: from ideas to action - Manchester
Manchester, Thursday 13 February, 7.30 pm
A special discussion event, Upstairs meeting room, The Britons Protection, 50 Great Bridgewater Street M1 4GX
We cannot rely on politicians to keep Brexit on track. Coming after the General Election, this event will be different from the usual CPBML public meetings. It will be designed to maximise discussion and participation from the audience, and come up with ideas for action. Free entry.
How to protect the environment (and why the EU makes things worse)
London, Tuesday 3 March 2020, 7.30 pm
A CPBML public meeting in the Bertrand Russell Room, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL.
We are often told we must stay in the EU “to protect our environmental rights”. And yet we constantly read that the environment has grown worse over the past few decades – when Britain was a member of the EU. Both refrains cannot be right. Come and hear an independent approach to the environment in a lively talk – and then join in the discussion. Free entry.
Brexit: from ideas to action - London
London, Tuesday 14 January, 7.30 pm
A special discussion event in the Brockway Room, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
We cannot rely on politicians to keep Brexit on track. One month after the General Election, this event will be different from the usual CPBML public meetings. It will be designed to maximise discussion and participation from the audience, and come up with ideas for action. Free entry.
The EU empire's surge towards a European army
LONDON Tuesday 19 November, 7.30 pm
Bertrand Russell Room, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
Every proper empire needs an army, and the EU certainly wants to become an empire – and entangle us in it as well. Come and discuss. All welcome. Free entry.
British independence: essential for our future
MANCHESTER Thursday 24 October, 7.30 pm
Upstairs, The Britons Protection, 50 Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester M1 5LE
Without real independence, Britain will always be at the mercy of the forces of globalisation. Come and discuss. All welcome.
Next steps in Britain’s fight for freedom
LONDON Monday 14 October, 7.30 pm
Bertrand Russell Room, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
This meeting, two weeks before Britain’s latest planned departure from the EU, will be an ideal opportunity to discuss the struggle to come. All welcome.
What does Britain need for independence?
Wednesday 19 June, 7.30 pm
Bertrand Russell Room, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
Membership of the EU has deformed the economy. Britain is over-reliant on imports. Investment in education is reduced while skilled workers are poached from other countries. Key industries are in the hands of foreign interests. What will an independent Britain need? Come and discuss. All welcome. Admission free.
Parliament vs the People
CPBML/Workers Public Meeting, Wednesday 20 March, 7.30 pm
Brockway Room, Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
As 29 March, the date set for leaving the EU, approaches, parliament is on a collision course with democracy. Who rules? The people of Britain or Parliament? Parliament is not sovereign over the people: it’s the other way round. Come and discuss. All welcome. Free entry.
For an independent Britain!
CPBML/Workers Public Meeting, Wednesday 20 March, 7 pm
Renfield Centre, 260 Bath Street, Glasgow G2 4JP
Separatism has failed in Scotland, though that hasn’t stopped the SNP from trying to block the democratic vote for Brexit. Scotland’s future lies in an independent Britain free from the EU not phony freedom under the Brussels thumb. Come and discuss. All welcome. Free entry.
Brexit 2019: Seize control!
CPBML/Workers Public Meeting, Tuesday 12 March, 7.30 pm
[Note change of date]
The Britons Protection, 50 Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester M1 5LE
We voted to take control, to take responsibility. Now we must make our demand loud and clear again, force them to carry out what they undertook to do – and make it clear that whatever happens we will not give up.
Brexit 2019: Seize control!
CPBML/Workers Public Meeting, Tuesday 12 February, 7.30 pm
Bertrand Russell Room, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
We voted to take control, to take responsibility. Now we must make our demand loud and clear again, force them to carry out what they undertook to do – and make it clear that whatever happens we will not give up.
Brexit: The road to freedom
CPBML/Workers Public Meeting, Wednesday 17 October, 7.30 pm
Bertrand Russell Room, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
Britain has a skilled and literate workforce, an exceptional research base and abundant energy resources. Free from the shackles of the EU, what can we not achieve? Come and discuss. All welcome.
Brexit: Stop the Sabotage!
CPBML Public Meeting, Tuesday 17 July, 7.30 pm [NB: change of date]
Brockway Room, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
Brexit is in danger. Across the establishment, in the Commons and the Lords, those who wish to defy the democratic mandate of the EU referendum are turning from obstruction to sabotage. They will do anything to keep Britain in the EU. And they must be stopped. Come and discuss. All welcome.
